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to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily

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to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

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consternation; falling into a panic; fluster; confusion; dismay; discomfiture

1

small shield; screen

1

scree

1

ability; capability; skill

1

circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)

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cat-and-mouse (race); lead changing hands many times

1

to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

1

solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating

1

to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing

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law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement

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to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)

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the human body; one's person

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must not; do not

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avenue of cedars (cryptomeria)

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old tree

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lofty (tree)

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2.44 miles

3

ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print

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line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style

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strips of dried gourd

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suspended ceiling

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Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)

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past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

2

Tokujirou

2

market; fair

4

staff with plaited paper streamers

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messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

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earthenware pot (used as a decanter); jar; jug

1

roadside tree; row of trees

2

agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; flattery; flatterer; Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)

2

first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began

3

will; testament; last request

1

reburial

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to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

2

the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas

1

dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)

1

art of self-protection

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lower right (corner)

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vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary

2

political principle, policy or platform

1

friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife

1

Bushuu

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radical (of a kanji character)

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offering; presentation; donation

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without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...

2

kitchen; financial situation

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convenient

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good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter

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